Peace pact in tatters as Assad shows he is ready to fight it out

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Murdered protesters were mourned in Hula, near Homs yesterdayReuters/Handout

Nicholas BlanfordTripoli, Lebanon

Published at 12:01AM, November 4 2011

An Arab League proposal to end eight months of violence in Syria appeared to
have collapsed yesterday less than 24 hours after the Syrian regime agreed
to implement it. Dozens of people were said to have died in the flashpoint
city of Homs and fighting was reported in Tel Kalakh near the Lebanon
border, according to opposition activists.

The renewed violence hit hopes of a breakthrough between the Arab League and
the regime of President Assad to end unrest that has left more than 3,000
people dead since March. The plan called on the regime to withdraw military
forces from